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I woke up at around 3am. My parents had just arrived back from vacation, so we all got a chance to share our adventures from the past few days. My mom had a bit of an ordeal on her vacation as well, losing a memory card for her camera full of undownloaded pictures.
Today was exciting as it looked as if there would be a legitimate chance to chase storms in the area. This was exactly the type of day I was hoping for when I began planning this trip over four months ago. A cold upper level low would be approaching the central coast of CA this afternoon. Very cold air aloft would spread over relatively warm, moist air near the surface - and it appeared that hail and funnel clouds were possible in the western San Joaquin Valley. So I left Turlock at around 1:45pm to try intercepting developing storms to my south in the central San Joaquin Valley. But just before I arrived in Patterson, I learned of tornadoes that had just hit the Sacramento area. So I decided to go north after the Sacramento storms. These storms would be tough to catch since they were moving northwest away from me, and by the time I caught up with the storm near Arbuckle, the storm was dying out over the Coast Range.
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Before long my attention was shifted from the weakening storm to this herd of cattle walked over towards me and started angrily staring and mooing at me....
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After that strange bovine encounter, I dropped south to a new storm near Winters. I couldn't find a good place to get a picture due to trees and other obstructions while the storm was at its strongest, but was able to fire off a couple pictures between Winters and Davis as the storm began to weaken.
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After that I drove back to Turlock, and picked up some dinner at In-N-Out....the fast food chain famous for criss crossed palm trees and a menu that consists entirely burgers, fries, and drinks. No potatoes, chili, or fruit salad here!
Starting mileage: 81787
Ending mileage: 82128
